Innovation in mountain areas: 4th European Biennial of Mountain RegionsnewsThe Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vosges is organizing the 4th European Biennial of Mountain Regions, which will take place from 13 to 14 October 2011 in Gérardmer (Vosges), France. The focus will be on "Innovation in mountain areas". Various threats undermine European mountain regions, i.e. climate change, land...
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Opportunity to collaborate with the ICCA ConsortiumnewsThe Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCA) Consortium is seeking applicants for the positions of Regional and Global Coordinators. The incumbents will work with the Steering Committee, ICCA Consortium Members and honorary members to implement the 2011-2014 Work-programme of the Consortium, to develop on the outcomes from a side event...
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Vacancies: MSRC at UCA, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic – by 10 August 2011newsThe Mountain Societies Research Centre (MSRC) is seeking a Director and Senior Research Scientist. The MSRC was recently established at the University of Central Asia (UCA) to generate, disseminate and promote the application of knowledge for the development of the countries in Central Asia. Their societies focus on mountain areas...
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Sun’s rays power Kyrgyz hospitalsnewsFrom next month, five hospitals in remote mountainous provinces of Kyrgyzstan will start using solar panels to transform the sun’s rays into clean energy and hot water. The pilot project is sponsored by the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and is implemented by the...
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Map reveals UK Land Cover and habitat distributionsnewsA new Land Cover Map in the UK has been launched. It provides a continuous coverage of habitat distributions across the countryside at a 25 m resolution. The map is the third produced by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Land and is based on a combination of satellite images...
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Call for Proposals: Review of and strategy development for communications and social learning in climate changenewsThe Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), together with the Earth Science Partnership, has launched a call for proposals for a review of and strategy development for climate change communications and social learning in climate change. The objective of this...
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